According to a report presented to the Johnson County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee this week, a joint law enforcement facility shared by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa City Police Department could cost around $106 million.
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has reported the first positive case of West Nile virus of the year in an adult in northern Iowa.
Johnson County’s Temporary Redistricting Committee is preparing to submit its precinct plan, the first step in the process of changing how county supervisors are elected after a new state law requiring the change was passed by Republicans earlier this year.
The first athletes to leave the start line at this year’s core4 bike race in Johnson County will not be wearing bike helmets, bike shoes, or even riding bikes.
City staff estimate Tiffin’s population has grown by more than 60 percent since the 2020 census, which showed Tiffin was the fastest-growing Iowa city at the time.
As lavender lattes, lavender scones and more trend at national restaurants and retailers, one of the few Iowa farms growing the herb is localizing it in Johnson County.
In Iowa, where Trump’s executive order pushing for forcible hospitalization over supportive housing could have significant implications, one homeless services provider says “Nothing in the order does anything that is proven to end homelessness. And in fact, it does the opposite.”
Johnson County is planning to place six vending machines containing free doses of naloxone — a medication that works to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose — and other harm prevention items at places across the county later this year.
The Johnson County Fair continues through Wednesday at the fairgrounds on the south side of Iowa City.
A group of Johnson County agencies is coming together to host a Healthy Kids Iowa food distribution event Wednesday, July 30 from 2 to 6 p.m. in Iowa City. Eligible families can receive $40 worth of groceries for each child age 4-18.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is seeking “community champions” to connect with potential residents as part of its Collaborative Growth Initiative.
Following the deadly July Fourth flash flooding in central Texas, The Gazette spoke with Johnson County Emergency Management Coordinator Dave Wilson about emergency communications and how people can prepare themselves for natural disasters.
A stolen car was discovered Thursday morning in the Iowa River by the Curtis Bridge Boat Ramp, near North Liberty, according to a press release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
During a hearing Wednesday, Johnson County Attorney Rachel Zimmermann Smith said if another Hawkeye Waste employee is harmed — like employee Matthew Reuwsaat, 61, a skid loader operator who was crushed by the equipment last year — that employee wouldn’t be covered by worker’s compensation insurance for a workplace accident.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, beginning Monday, the Boyson Road bridge over I-380 and all four ramps will close for 20 working days.
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